Here's the draw for the first ever edition of the Punaball Champions League group stages!! I hope your team had good luck! On this topic, discuss the draw and what you think it means for your team, and on the topic entitled Gameweek 1, discuss your availability for the first round of games, as well as find the doodle form to fill out.

Seems BVB have the group of death Remember, the Top 2 will go through from each group, and the group winners will be kept apart in the quarter finals. You will play 4 games, so vs each team twice, once home, once away. The group stages will take a maximum of 4 weeks - twice you will play 2 games in one week, one time 1 game, and if any games have to be postponed, they will be played in the 4th week. If by some miracle, no games are postponed, then the 4th week can be a rest week before the knockout stages!

Good group, olio is a bit disappointed that we won't play against good players in first month, so he will start playing in 1 month. Reirom says that I can win easily all group matches alone, so it's fine.

About the drawings, which were followed through our pcl skype chat and, although I would prefer a draw live broadcasted with a bold guy from UEFA (i'm obviously joking) with some hot and cold balls (major cheats), the groups are interesting.

Here's my personal analysis: A - Although Real and Roma seems to be the favourites, nothing is guaranteed, A.S. Monaco can snatch some victoriesB - The group of death, 2 glorious teams (Barcelona and Arsenal) and a less favourite but super motivated (and skilled) BVB. C - Juve and Sampdoria will fight for the 1st place and Bayer still have a word to say (attention to player oompa and the renewed player Whiplash).D - A group with 3 classic teams from the old continent. It will be great to play these matches.

It's great that we don't know yet which group will face which in the knock-out stage so nobody can't tactically try to be 2nd in their group to avoid some big team that stumbled a bit and finished 2nd. Definitely a good decision to draw the KO pairs after the group stage is finished.

Jan wrote:It's great that we don't know yet which group will face which in the knock-out stage so nobody can't tactically try to be 2nd in their group to avoid some big team that stumbled a bit and finished 2nd. Definitely a good decision to draw the KO pairs after the group stage is finished.

Yeah, thats how real life Champions League do it. It'll be same for Semi Finals, although thats more about just some fun unpredictability

And btw, I agree Group D is the strongest, whoever does not go through from there is very unlucky! Group B is only the group of death if BVB perform somewhere near our potential, I feel we can both be good if we get everything right!

Jan wrote:It's great that we don't know yet which group will face which in the knock-out stage so nobody can't tactically try to be 2nd in their group to avoid some big team that stumbled a bit and finished 2nd. Definitely a good decision to draw the KO pairs after the group stage is finished.

I don't agree. Olio is scared about this system so he suggested to end up in 3rd position in order to avoid hard matches after group stages.

Jan wrote:It's great that we don't know yet which group will face which in the knock-out stage so nobody can't tactically try to be 2nd in their group to avoid some big team that stumbled a bit and finished 2nd. Definitely a good decision to draw the KO pairs after the group stage is finished.

I don't agree. Olio is scared about this system so he suggested to end up in 3rd position in order to avoid hard matches after group stages.

On a more serious note, I did think about a possible "all in one night" PEL Cup (Puna Europa League), with the 4 group losers. Only if those guys want to, it could be done in "round robin" style, with perhaps a final then at the end between the two with the most points. However, it's not essential, only if those eliminated feel they are missing out of all the knock-out action! I wouldn't show it on video either, it would just be entirely for fun

Speaking about videos, I think realistically, Friday/Saturday is possible, but we'll see. I need to concentrate on having good "ready to go" graphics for the actual cup, as thats whats most important ofc

Jan wrote:It's great that we don't know yet which group will face which in the knock-out stage so nobody can't tactically try to be 2nd in their group to avoid some big team that stumbled a bit and finished 2nd. Definitely a good decision to draw the KO pairs after the group stage is finished.

I don't agree. Olio is scared about this system so he suggested to end up in 3rd position in order to avoid hard matches after group stages.

On a more serious note, I did think about a possible "all in one night" PEL Cup (Puna Europa League), with the 4 group losers. Only if those guys want to, it could be done in "round robin" style, with perhaps a final then at the end between the two with the most points. However, it's not essential, only if those eliminated feel they are missing out of all the knock-out action! I wouldn't show it on video either, it would just be entirely for fun

how about a fun new arena slightly adjusted with 4 goals on east west north and south free for all :p